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House
File
170
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
170
BY
WOOD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
employment
leave
for
employees
of
railroad
1
corporations
to
attend
a
school-sponsored
activity
and
2
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
91A.5B
Railroad
corporation
1
employee
leave
to
attend
school-sponsored
activities.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
unless
the
context
3
otherwise
requires:
4
a.
“Academic
year”
means
a
year
as
scheduled
for
academic
5
purposes
at
a
school
at
which
an
employee’s
child
attends.
6
b.
“Occurrence”
means
a
period
of
up
to
three
consecutive
7
days
of
leave
as
requested
by
an
employee.
8
c.
“Railroad
corporation”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
9
section
321.1.
10
2.
A
railroad
corporation
shall
provide
an
employee
upon
11
request
at
least
four
occurrences
of
leave
per
academic
year
12
for
the
purpose
of
attending
a
scheduled
school-sponsored
13
activity
of
the
employee’s
child
if
the
activity
cannot
be
14
scheduled
during
nonwork
hours.
The
railroad
corporation
may
15
require
an
employee
to
provide
written
documentation
of
the
16
school-sponsored
activity
before
or
after
granting
such
leave.
17
Such
leave
shall
not
be
taken
on
a
federal
holiday.
18
3.
Before
attending
a
school-sponsored
activity,
the
19
employee
shall
provide
the
railroad
corporation
with
a
written
20
request
for
leave
at
least
fourteen
calendar
days
in
advance
of
21
the
time
the
employee
is
requesting
to
take
leave
as
provided
22
in
this
section.
In
emergency
situations,
no
more
than
23
twenty-four
hours’
notice
shall
be
required.
24
4.
A
railroad
corporation
shall
have
the
discretion
of
25
providing
paid
or
unpaid
leave
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
A
26
railroad
corporation
shall
not
discharge,
discipline,
penalize,
27
or
otherwise
retaliate
against
an
employee
solely
for
taking
28
leave
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
requires
a
railroad
corporation
to
provide
33
an
employee
upon
request
at
least
four
occurrences,
as
34
defined
in
the
bill,
of
leave
per
academic
year
for
the
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purpose
of
attending
a
scheduled
school-sponsored
activity
1
of
the
employee’s
child
if
the
activity
cannot
be
scheduled
2
during
nonwork
hours.
The
railroad
corporation
may
3
require
an
employee
to
provide
written
documentation
of
the
4
school-sponsored
activity
before
or
after
granting
such
leave.
5
Such
leave
shall
not
be
taken
on
a
federal
holiday.
6
The
bill
requires
an
employee,
before
attending
a
7
school-sponsored
activity,
to
provide
the
railroad
corporation
8
with
a
written
request
for
leave
at
least
14
calendar
days
in
9
advance
of
the
time
the
employee
is
requesting
to
take
leave.
10
A
railroad
corporation
shall
have
the
discretion
of
11
providing
paid
or
unpaid
leave.
The
bill
prohibits
a
railroad
12
corporation
from
discharging,
disciplining,
penalizing,
or
13
otherwise
retaliating
against
an
employee
solely
for
taking
14
leave.
15
Code
chapter
91A
is
administered
and
enforced
by
the
16
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
17
and
licensing.
A
violation
of
Code
chapter
91A
or
the
18
administrative
rules
promulgated
under
it
is
subject
to
a
19
civil
penalty
of
not
more
than
$500
per
pay
period
for
each
20
violation.
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